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Innovation: A New Way to Fight Germs
Sharklet Technologies' Tony Brennan invented a sharkskin-like pattern that resists microbes. Read more
University of Florida
Recent Articles about University of Florida
Who's Wired for the Bottom Line?
Here are four ways you can separate the money wasters from the money makers to ensure your company maintains a healthy bottom line. Read more
Small Businesses to Get Boost from Retail Sales
Strong car sales suggested smaller firms in other industries could see a sales boost in the near future. Read more
Think Rich and Never Give Up
Flat broke at the age of 21, Joe Cirulli made a list of 10 things he wanted to accomplish in life. One by one, he pulled them off -- and built a health and... Read more
10 Innovations That Changed the Way We Exercise
Working out has never been more efficient or a bigger part of a human culture than it is today. We've dug into the history of kinesiology to find the inventi... View slideshow
Analysis: What a Housing Bust Means for Business
August 31, 2005 --In a speech Sunday, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said that the booming housing market was headed for a near-t... Read more
Virtual Classrooms, Actual Education
For a straightforward concept, e-learning has a lot of aliases: distance learning, online education, computer-based training, and "the virtual classroom,"... Read more
Virtual Classrooms, Actual Education
For a straightforward concept, e-learning has a lot of aliases: distance learning, online education, computer-based training, and "the virtual classroom,"... Read more
Google As Bellwether
The meteoric rise of Google's stock after its IPO in August 2004 was such an anomaly that it offered little in terms of lessons to other private tech firm... Read more
Designer Foods
Three innovative start-ups that have developed designer foods. Read more
Pricing and Fairness: Do Your Customers Assume You Are Gouging Them?
In trying to assess consumer attitudes towards pricing, marketing professor Lisa Bolton and two other researchers conducted experiments designed to measure w... Read more
Returns: Buy Now, Pay Later
Just because you want your company to have an IPO doesn't mean you should invest in someone else's. Unless you do it like this. Read more
Fed Intent on More Rate Increases
July 21, 2005 --Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan appeared before a Senate subcommittee Thursday, repeating his intention to continu... Read more
Shoplifting's Effect on Sales Has Waned
Dec. 2, 2005 --The holiday shopping season<... Read more
A Fisherman Who Never Goes To Sea
Mike Sipe began experimenting with tilapia an African freshwater food fish, after earning a degree in agriculture from the University of Florida in 1968. ... Read more
The Nightmare of Too Little Sleep
Blame the BlackBerry, blame the boss, blame the kids. A look at how busy professionals cope. Read more
How to Network Effectively
Success in business requires you know what other people know but also who other people know. But networking takes more than just a LinkedIn profile or a deep... Read more
Florida Proposes $75 Million for Startups
Gov. Jeb Bush wants the state to promote entrepreneurship and rely less on tourism. Read more
Star Wars, Inc.
Whether it's ever even deployed, the space shield is already a $19-billion growth industry Read more
Getting Behind The Camera
Creating a single videotape can cost less than $50 or more than $5,000, depending on how much you want to do yourself, and how professional a result you r... Read more
Housing Sales Up In August
Sept. 26, 2005 --Low interest rates and continued job growth pushed existing home prices to all-time highs last month, with total sales re... Read more
Hot Tip: Hole Up at Home
Not only did Michael Knowles start his security guard staffing company in the guest room of his house in Tallahassee, Fla., but he didn't relocate it to l... Read more
Grand Plans
Shoestring start-ups: seven fast-growing companies that were started for $1,000 or less, and tactics to borrow for your own start-up. Read more
Main Street VCs
A new breed of venture capital, coming soon to a town near you. Read more
Making Room At The Top
Lynn Bignell and Janet Tweed wanted to grow their personal-service firm beyond the time and talent they'd brought to the business. They found they had to giv... Read more
Case Study: Firing the Best Friend
With business on the rocks, Susan Southerland was cutting back on everything. Could she really fire her best pal? Read more
The 10 Commmandments of Hypergrowth
The secret to fast growth is in planning and training, but it's dangerous too. Read more
Would You Buy a Chinese Car from This Man?
Malcom Bricklin is on a quest to revolutionize the auto industry at 14,845 words per hour. Read more
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